Buffalo Creek Disaster Reminds West Virginia of Loss and Rebuilding
A rare look at the Buffalo Creek flood aftermath in West Virginia details 22 million cubic feet of water devastating 17 miles of valley, killing many and leaving 1,573 dwellings damaged or destroyed. Officials estimate $32.5 million for reconstruction including new sewer and water, roads, and better zoning.
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Buffalo Creek
Buffalo Creek Hollow
Man
Guyandot River
Three Forks
Adkins’ House
Army
Corps of Engineers
President's Office of Emergency Preparedness
OEP
John W. Deponai
Logan
Guyandot
Tom Orr
Orr
West Virginia
Charleston
Huntington
Hollows
Detroit
Statehouse Notebook Hindsight on the state primary
The West Virginia primary showed Wallace's gains in the Eastern Panhandle but Rockefeller carried all 55 counties to win about 72 percent of the Democratic governor nominating vote. Incumbent Senate seats faced a purge as COPE-backed challengers upset several long-serving members, including in the 5th and 16th Districts, amid anti-strip mining sentiment.
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Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
Panhandle
Alabama
George Wallace
Humphrey
Wallace
Rockefeller
Lee Kenna
Robert Myers
Hulett C. Smith
Afl-Cio
State Committee On Political Education
Senate
COPE
Huntington
H. Darrell Darby
C.H
Jackie’’ McKown
Wayne
McKown
Senate Finance Committee
Westinghouse
James L. Davis
Fairmont
Oleg G. Hedrick
Del
Robert M. Steptoe
Martinsburg
Steptoe
House
Judiciary Committee
William J. Oates Jr
Hampshire County
Local News Summary From Fayette Greene Section
A compact roundup of area items from Section B covers youth center updates hospital notes and local columns. It includes community notes on Ida Bev and James Reston's Just Between Us, plus features from Panorama and Family Weekly supplements.
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Billy Graham
Fayette-Greene News
Honor Boy Hospital
James Reston
Ida Bev
Eaese
Connell
Dear
Arenee
Furfari
Markleysburg
Quigley
Adaline Moore
Dr. Ginott
Women's News
Thaxton
West Virginia strip mine permits issued this week
West Virginia Department of Natural Resources action list for May 8 to 12 shows new applications received for Big Mountain Coals and issued permits to J.M. Turner & Co. S.S. Joe Burford Eastern Associated Coal Denny Coal Carbon Fuel Allegheny Mining Hawley Coal among others with district and county allocations across the state.
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Charleston
W.va
UPI
West Virginia Department of Natural Resources
Big Mountain Coals Inc
Sherman
Boone County
J.M. Turner & Co. Inc
Big Creek
McDowell County
S.S
Joe’’ Burford
Clear Creek Fuel Corp
Meadow Bluff
Greenbrier
Ranger Fuel Corp
Raleigh
Masteller Coal Co
Elk
Mineral County
SMA
Eastern Associated Coal Corp
Northfork
Denny Coal Co
Malden
Kanawha
Injured driver stable after Kanawha County crash
In Kanawha County a head on collision between a car and a coal truck left four passengers crushed. The driver William S. Bass 24 of Campbell's Creek was reported in stable condition Saturday by hospital spokesmen. Burial services for two Bass brothers and another youth were set for Sunday while services for a 22 year old woman were planned for Monday.
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Charleston
W.va
Kanawha
William S. Bass
Campbell’s Creek
Here
Bass
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United Feature Syndicate, Inc
Morgantown Post
Statehouse
Herb Little
Associated Press
Berkeley
Hampshire
Hubert Humph
Hardy
Jefferson
Morgantown
Sunday Dominion-Post
H.C. Greer
The
Dominion-News
West Virginia Newspaper Publishing Company
Greer Building
Fayette and
Greene Counties
Garrett County
Youth Center
Panorama
Family Weekly
A and P
Encyclopaedia Britannica
U.S. News
West Virginia News World News
WVI
Ween
Crago
Rereee
Sueeee High School World
Ates
Rr Carbon Fuel Co
Cabin Creek District
Kanawha County
Allegheny Mining Corp
Elk District
Hawley Coal Mining Corp
Barkers Ridge District
Wyoming County
Winifrede
CHICO'S _ DAIRY
Barehurst Avenue
Fredlockd Pharmacy
Morgantown, W.va
South v Car Wash
Rogers
Sterling
Your Agency
Obby’s
Richwood
Morgantown Plaza
Willey Street
Foodland
Mee
Monongahela Boulevard
Daisy Lane
KRAFT
University
Vto
Sundey
Westover
Dunkard Avenue
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